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Columbia County commissioners on Tuesday are expected to approve a bid to improve a troublesome Lewiston Road intersection.

County Construction and Maintenance Division Director Matt Schlachter presented a $307,147 bid from Pittman Construction for modifications to the Lewiston Road intersection with William Few Parkway. The bid came in below the $415,000 budget for the project.

A Richmond County Sheriff’s Office motorcycle deputy was critically injured Thursday afternoon when he crashed his personal motorcycle on Interstate 20.

Deputy Alton Creech, who was off duty, was approaching the Belair Road westbound exit on his Harley-Davidson shortly after 5 p.m. when he hit the back of a 1999 Toyota Camry, said Columbia County sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris.

Creech, 32, was airlifted to Georgia Regents Medical Cen­ter and listed in critical condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Avery Villines has performed in her share of not-so-funny comedies, but The Fox on the Fairway is not one of them.

“It’s a blast. Some of the hardest things we’ve had to do are not laugh at each other during rehearsals,” said Villines, who plays Pamela Peabody in this Ken Ludwig farce which will be presented at the Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre May 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. Dinner begins at 7 p.m., followed by the show at 8 p.m.

Rival country clubs, golf and love are intermingled with witty dialogue and lots of slamming doors.

A Martinez man was sentenced to prison Friday after he pled guilty to assaulting a sheriff’s deputy and several women.

Javantroi Perez Walden, 34, pled guilty to seven counts of sexual battery, simple battery, driving under the influence, fleeing and attempting to elude and obstruction at a hearing in Evans as part of a negotiated plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office.

Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Craig sentenced Walden to 10 years in prison followed by two years probation. He also fined Walden $1,500.

Columbia County’s school board members postponed a decision to increase taxes at their Tuesday meeting.

They will revisit the issue May 28, when they are expected to decide whether to raise taxes, approve other ways to balance next school year’s budget, or both.

Superintendent Charles Nagle told board members they need to find $4.6 million to balance the $178 million budget. Nagle recommended a one-mill tax increase that would generate about $4 million. The increase would cost taxpayers about $40 per year per $100,000 in home value, Nagle said.

A nearly $2 million renovation project is underway to turn a vacant Evans storefront into a Walmart Neighborhood Market.

Earlier in May, Columbia County Development Services issued a building permit to Walmart for $1.9 million for renovations at the former Food Lion in the Village at Furys Ferry shopping center on the corner of Furys Ferry and Evans-to-Locks roads. That grocer, in addition to two other Food Lions in Columbia County, closed more than a year ago.